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Whitefield, Karen

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Whitefield, Karen

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Airdrie and Shotts
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Divisions voted in
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Party alignment
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
138
555 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
4,891
834 chamber · 4,057 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·237 stage ·227 children ·179 hearings ·144 subordinate ·68 legislation ·68 public ·48 education ·42 records ·41 historic ·34 environment ·34 amendment ·34
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
138
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
138
Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

learning culture airdrie switched duration shotts education lifelong present mobile concludes committee's petersburn blackberrys switched committee's culture remind grouped
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ☷
    Left Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
    22 Mar 2011
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Airdrie and Shotts (Dissolution)
    22 Mar 2011
  3. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    22 Mar 2011
  4. ☷
    Joined Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee as Convener
    20 Jun 2007
  5. ☷
    Left Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
    20 Jun 2007
  6. ☷
    Joined Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee as Member
    13 Jun 2007
  7. ⌂
    Started representing Airdrie and Shotts
    03 May 2007
  8. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    03 May 2007
  9. ☷
    Left Standards and Public Appointments Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  10. ☷
    Left Communities Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  11. ⌂
    Stood down from Airdrie and Shotts (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  12. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  13. ☷
    Joined Standards and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    18 Mar 2005
  14. ☷
    Left Standards Committee
    18 Mar 2005
  15. ☷
    Joined Communities Committee as Convener
    27 Oct 2004
  16. ☷
    Left Communities Committee
    27 Oct 2004
  17. ☷
    Joined Communities Committee as Member
    07 Oct 2004
  18. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    06 Oct 2004
  19. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Deputy Convener
    10 Jun 2003
  20. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    10 Jun 2003
  21. ☷
    Joined Standards Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  22. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  23. ⌂
    Started representing Airdrie and Shotts
    01 May 2003
  24. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  25. ☷
    Left Social Justice Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  26. ☷
    Left Equal Opportunities Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  27. ⌂
    Stood down from Airdrie and Shotts (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  28. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  29. ☷
    Left Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee
    26 Mar 2003
  30. ☷
    Joined Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    16 Jan 2003
  31. ☷
    Left Education, Culture and Sport Committee
    26 Sep 2002
  32. ☷
    Joined Equal Opportunities Committee as Substitute Member
    26 Sep 2002
  33. ☷
    Joined Education, Culture and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    09 May 2002
  34. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    29 Mar 2001
  35. ☷
    Joined Social Justice Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  36. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    08 Jan 2001
  37. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    08 Jan 2001
  38. ☷
    Left Social Inclusion Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  39. ☷
    Left Audit Committee
    07 Jan 2001
  40. ☷
    Joined Audit Committee as Member
    14 Sep 2000

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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Annual Report Committee
    09 Mar 2011
    We now move into private session.11:36 Meeting continued in private until 11:48.
  • Annual Report Committee
    09 Mar 2011
    If members have no comments on the draft annual report for this parliamentary year, which was submitted in advance of the meeting, I ask whether the committee …
  • Autism Strategy Committee
    09 Mar 2011
    That concludes our questions. I thank the minister for her attendance this morning.I suspend the meeting to allow the minister and her officials to leave.11:35…
  • Autism Strategy Committee
    09 Mar 2011
    We all want greater take-up of self-directed support but, as an MSP who sometimes has service users contact me to ask for assistance, I am struck by the fact t…
  • Autism Strategy Committee
    09 Mar 2011
    Thank you. I invite questions from members.
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